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Author:   Steve Lopez
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780520235656

ISBN 10:   0520235657
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   05 April 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface: Postindustrial Pittsburgh: Low-Wage Work and the Challenge for American Labor Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: From Business Unionism to Social Movement Unionism PART I: CONFRONTING WORKING-CLASS ANTIUNIONISM INTRODUCTION TO PART I: ROSEMONT PAVILION 2. See You Next Year : The Failure of Traditional Organizing Tactics 3. It's a Union : Why Face-to-Face Organizing and Collective Action Tactics Succeed Epilogue to Part I: Organizing and Organization PART II: DEALING WITH ORGANIZATIONAL LEGACIES INTRODUCTION TO PART II: THE NEW URBAN POLITICS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 4. Save Our Kanes : Bypassing Organizational Structures 5. We Want a Contract : Confronting Business Union Organization Epilogue to Part II: Social Movement Unionism and the Problem of Power PART III: SOCIAL MOVEMENT UNIONISM: CHALLENGING THE POWER OF CAPITAL INTRODUCTION TO PART III: MEGACORP AND THE SEIU IN PENNSYLVANIA 6. We Will Not Be Silenced : Escalating Mobilization 7. Whatever It Takes, as Long as It Takes : Exploiting Antiunionism Epilogue to Part III: The Ambiguity of Victories Conclusion: Social Movement Unionism and Social Movement Theory Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

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Steven Henry Lopez is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Ohio State University.

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